Here’s a post from Wal Bryant on Stella Blue (Landfall 38) in Mexico (posted with his permission); he’s in the more direct path of Willa right now:
> And so it begins. Willa to the North, Vicente to the south. And me in the > middle. (I think that's a classic quote from Clint Eastwood's 'For a Fistful > of Dollars.') > The worry is Willa. It's going to hit to the North, and with anticlockwise > rotation the wind and swell is going to come straight from the Southwest. The > Bay is wide open from that direction, and yesterday Mike Michael Eric > Danielson > <https://www.facebook.com/michaelericdanielson?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARAPZO8bWPOEnH1pGrSEaO6HTCxzYMVAsKXr3P0XYzqFWAPOFsMyVuuQrRpAjY03SxMQ6dYiG_2BhruN&fref=mentions> > at PV Sailing said the swell forecast was for 20 foot swells. I've sailed my > boat through 20 foot seas, and used the EFF word a few times. Having them hit > shallow water and slam into the breakwater will be something to watch. I > think it's entirely possible that waves will wash over the breakwater into > the marina. The breakwater itself is relatively new, and hasn't filled in > with sand and sediment. When there is surge outside, boats inside still move > around. A lot. > So I spent today adding dock lines, and setting up spare dock lines, and > taping around hatches that have leaky gaskets, and making an inventory of > rope. I have more rope on this boat than is reasonable. People laugh at me. > But once, a couple of years ago, a barge broke loose and I had 400 feet of > rope. It came in handy. > As soon as I was done getting my lines and my backup lines ready, the rain > started. The hurricane is still two days off. This is just the outer fringe. > Walking around this morning, I seemed to be the only one preparing. I saw > someone doing brightwork (varnishing teak.) I mentioned the situation to > someone else, and she said "We talked to Long-Timers and they said it's no > big deal." Well, I've been in Pacific Mexico for nine years, and this is only > the second time I've set up to get hit by sh_t. And it's the first time I've > pulled a couple of lines over to the pilings two feet above the spring tide > high water mark. > I've seen 50 with gusts to 70, and that was at anchor where the boat was > pointed into the wind. I'm really not worried about wind, I'm worried about > wind swell. > I think tomorrow a bunch of people will be running around in the rain doing > what I did this morning. I'll be inside the boat making sure my bilge pumps > are clear and the through hulls are closed and the last minute details are > done. Then I'll adjust the lines to move the boat boat away from the dock, > put on my Helly Hansen jacket and hope that the people who said "It's > nothing" were right and I was totally wrong. I really hope that all I've done > is give my spare dock lines a good rinse. Let’s wish him luck. — Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > On Oct 22, 2018, at 12:16 PM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/10/22/powerful-east-coast-storm-may-develop-friday-into-weekend/?utm_term=.a559c2294827 > > <https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/10/22/powerful-east-coast-storm-may-develop-friday-into-weekend/?utm_term=.a559c2294827> > > Yikes! > > > Joe > Coquina
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